Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Stojetari

Pretty fascinating. The tale of Stojetari, or why people from Malax has a reputation of being gluttons for food, is often brought up as I'm born and raised in Malax. But the roots of the tale have been a bit ambiguous and now, I found an explanation to the story that differs from the "modern" one. This is an assumption regarding the background of the tale made by the municipal doctor Hampus Granfelt, in early 20th century, and the quote is from the book Malax 1914 – En undersökning av kommunalläkaren Hampus Granfelt om Malaxborna och deras levnadsförhållanden i tidigt 1900-tal, published by Malax museiförening.